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Featured content Here they come, the couple plighted –
2015-03-11
Here they come, the couple plighted –: Six featured articles, three featured lists, and forty featured pictures were promoted this week.
Featured content Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
2015-01-21
Nine articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted.
Featured content A bit fruity
2014-12-31
Three articles, three lists, fifteen pictures, and one topic were promoted.
Featured content ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!
2014-12-03
And the feelings of a young man about to go to war! Yeh, is he not afraid?
Featured content Oil paintings galore
2014-09-24
Six articles, four lists, one topic, and 17 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
Featured content Which is not like the others?
2014-09-17
Four articles, two lists, and 51 pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
Featured content Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them
2014-08-06
Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them: Eight articles, fifteen pictures, and two topics were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia last week.
Forum Did you know?—good idea, needs reform
2014-07-23
The English Wikipedia's did you know (DYK) section has been a feature of the site's main page since February 2004. From the beginning, the section has served as a place to highlight Wikipedia's newest articles. But over the last few years, the did you know section has gotten steadily larger and more complex, and non-notable or plagiarized articles have occasionally slipped through the reviewing process, leading numerous editors to call for reforms to the system. We asked two editors to share their views.
Featured content The Island with the Golden Gun
2014-07-16
Eight articles, three lists, and 28 pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
Featured content 2013—the trends
2014-01-01
Over the past year 1181 pieces of featured content were promoted. The most active of the featured content programs was featured picture candidates (FPC), which promoted an average of 46 pictures a month. This was followed by featured article candidates (FAC; 32.5 a month). Coming in third was featured list candidates (FLC; 18 a month).
News and notes WMF signals new grantmaking priorities
2013-10-02
In what will be remembered as a game-changing week for Wikimedia grantmaking, the Foundation's executive director, Sue Gardner, published a forthright and in places highly critical statement, Reflections on the FDC process, and grantmaking staff revealed that the WMF will significantly strengthen its targeting of optimal impact in funding.
Featured content Tintin goes featured
2013-09-11
Four articles, eight lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status this week on the English Wikipedia.
Featured content Slow week for featured content
2013-03-04
Three articles, six lists, and three pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including the article on "Laura Secord", who was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 best known for warning the British of an impending American attack.
Featured content Blue birds be bouncin'
2013-02-25
Six articles, three lists, and twelve images were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this month.
Featured content Featured content gets schooled
2013-02-18
Two articles, nine lists, and thirteen pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Featured content A lousy week
2013-02-11
Six articles, one list, and fourteen pictures were promoted to "featured" states this week on the English Wikipedia.
Featured content Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes
2013-02-04
This week, the Signpost{{'}}s featured content section continues its recap of 2012 by looking at featured portals, a small yet active part of the project. We interviewed FPOC directors Cirt and OhanaUnited.
Featured content Listing off progress from 2012
2013-01-28
This week, the Signpost featured content section continues its recap of 2012 by looking at featured lists. We interviewed FLC directors Giants2008 and The Rambling Man as well as active reviewer and writer PresN.
Featured content Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review
2013-01-21
This week, the Signpost{{'}}s featured content section continues its recap of 2012 by looking at featured topics. We interviewed Grapple X and GamerPro64, who are delegates at the featured topic candidates.
Featured content Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012
2013-01-14
Continuing our recap of the featured content promoted in 2012, this week the Signpost interviewed three editors, asking them about featured articles which stuck out in their minds. Two, Ian Rose and Graham Colm, are current featured article candidates (FAC) delegates, while Brian Boulton is an active featured article writer and reviewer.
Featured content Featured content in review
2013-01-07
Over the past year, 963 pieces of featured content were promoted.
Featured content Whoa Nelly! Featured content in review
2012-12-31
I would like to present some of my own musings on the state of featured content—especially as it pertains to systemic bias and core topics.
Featured content Battlecruiser operational
2012-12-24
Seven articles and two lists were promoted to 'featured' status this week, including List of battlecruisers. The article covers all of the battlecruisers—which were a type of warship similar in size to a battleship but with several defining characteristics—ever planned or constructed. The last British battlecruiser built, HMS Hood, is pictured at right.
Featured content Wikipedia's cute ass
2012-12-17
Four articles, three lists, and five images were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week, including a picture of a three-week old donkey (also known as an 'ass').
Featured content Wikipedia goes to Hell
2012-12-10
Eight articles, four images, six lists, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.
Featured content The play's the thing
2012-12-03
Three articles, two lists, and four images were promoted to 'featured' status this week.
Featured content Wikipedia hit by the Streisand effect
2012-11-19
Seven featured articles, four featured lists and ten featured pictures – including the photograph that spawned the Streisand effect – were promoted this week.
Featured content The table has turned
2012-11-12
Thirteen articles, six lists, and five images were promoted to 'featured' status last week.
Featured content Jack-O'-Lanterns and Toads
2012-11-05
This week, the Signpost interviewed two editors. The first, PumpkinSky, collaborated with Gerda Arendt in writing the recently featured article on Franz Kafka and won second prize in the Core contest last August. The second, Cwmhiraeth, collaborated with Thompsma in promoting the article Frog, which was featured last week. We asked them about the special challenges faced while writing Core content and things to watch out for.
Featured content On the road again
2012-10-29
Thirteen articles, ten lists, nine images, one topic, and one portal were promoted to featured after peer reviews.
Featured content Is RfA Kafkaesque?
2012-10-22
Eleven articles, including one on Franz Kafka, three lists, one image, and one portal were promoted to 'featured' status this week.
Featured content Second star to the left
2012-10-15
On the English Wikipedia, five featured articles, ten featured lists, and four featured pictures were promoted, including USS Lexington, a ship built for the United States Navy that, although ordered in 1916 as a battlecruiser, was converted to an aircraft carrier. It was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea during the Second World War.
Featured content A dash of Arsenikk
2012-10-08
This week the Signpost interviews Arsenikk, an editor of six years who has brought sixteen lists through our featured list process, mostly regarding transportation in Norway but also about the 1952 Winter Olympics and World Heritage Sites in Africa. Arsenikk tells us about why he joined the project, what moves him, and how editors can join the sometimes daunting world of featured lists.
Featured content Mooned
2012-10-01
Five articles, three lists, and nine images were promoted to "featured" this week.
Featured content Dead as...
2012-09-24
Fourteen featured articles were promoted this week, including Dodo, along with six featured lists and five featured pictures.
Featured content Go into the light
2012-09-17
Eight featured articles, six featured lists, ten featured pictures, and one featured topic were promoted this week.
Featured content Not a "Gangsta's Paradise", but still rappin'
2012-09-10
Three hip hop discographies were promoted this week, alongside seven other lists.
Featured content Wikipedia's Seven Days of Terror
2012-09-03
Five featured pictures were promoted this week, including a video explaining the recent landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. NASA called the final minutes of the complicated landing procedure "the seven minutes of terror".
Featured content Wikipedia rivals The New Yorker: Mark Arsten
2012-08-27
This week the Signpost interviews Mark Arsten, who has written or contributed significantly to ten featured articles; most have related to new religious movements, and some have touched on other controversial or quirky topics. Mark gives us a rundown on how he keeps neutral and what drives him to write featured content; he also gives some hints for aspiring writers.
Featured content Enough for a week – but I'm damned if I see how the helican.
2012-08-20
Enough for a week – but I'm damned if I see how the helican.: Thirteen featured articles were promoted this week, including pelicans, which are a genus of large water birds comprising the family Pelecanidae, characterised by a long beak and large throat-pouch. They have a fossil record dating back at least 30 million years and are most closely related to the Shoebill and Hammerkop. These fish-feeders have a patchy relationship with humans: the birds are sometimes persecuted and sometimes feature in mythology.
Featured content On the road again
2012-08-13
Six featured articles were promoted this week, including Business US Highway 41, which was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop in Marquette in the US state of Michigan.
Featured content Casliber's words take root
2012-08-06
This week the Signpost interviews Casliber, an editor who has written or contributed significantly to a startling 69 featured articles. We learn what makes him tick, why he edits, and why he can write on everything from vampires to dinosaurs, birds to plants. He also gives some advice to budding featured article writers.
Featured content One of a kind
2012-07-30
Eight new featured articles, five new featured lists, and eight new featured pictures. The highlights include a new featured picture of Frank Sinatra, created by William P. Gottlieb and nominated by Tomer T. Sinatra (1915–98) was a highly successful American singer and film actor whose career spanned 60 years. This image dates from around 1947.
Featured content When is an island not an island?
2012-07-23
One featured article was promoted this week, Melville Island. A small peninsula in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, it was discovered by Europeans in the 1600s and initially used for storehouses. The land was purchased by the British and used to hold prisoners of war, then to receive escaped slaves from the United States. After being used as a place of quarantine and later a recruitment centre, the land was granted to Canada in 1907 and used to house prisoners of war. It is now home to the clubhouse and marina of the Armdale Yacht Club.
Featured content Takes flight
2012-07-16
Eight featured articles were promoted this week, including Paul McCartney by GabeMc. McCartney (born 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with John Lennon is highly celebrated. After the band's break-up he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings. McCartney has been described by Guinness World Records as the "most successful composer and recording artist of all time", and his song "Yesterday" has been covered more than any other song in history.
Featured content Keeps on chuggin'
2012-07-09
Eight featured articles were promoted this week: ... Aries (constellation) by Keilana. Aries the Ram (symbol ♈) is one of the constellations of the Zodiac and one of 88 currently recognised constellations. Its area is 441 square degrees (1.1% of the celestial sphere). Although fairly dim, with only three bright stars, it is home to several deep-sky objects.
Featured content This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a Wood Duck could chuck wood?
2012-05-07
Featured content A few good sports: association football, rugby league, and the Olympics vie for medals
2012-04-16
Featured content Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucifixion: the bloodiest of the week
2012-04-09
Featured content Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
2012-03-26
Featured content By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
2012-02-27
Featured content Going through the roster with Killervogel5 and a plethora of featured content
2011-12-26
News and notes ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
2011-11-14
Featured content Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports!
2011-11-14
News and notes Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised
2011-11-07